Combined miniature bowling game and ash tray



9 i J. DQNAGEL ETAL 2,518,169 COMBINED MINIATURE BOWLING GAME AND ASH TRAY Filed Sept. '22, 14e

' INVENTORS 4 JOHN a NAGEL ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 8, 1950 OFFICE COMBINED MINIATURE BOWLING GAME AND ASH TRAY John D. Nagel and Walter Lang, Chicago, 111.

Application September 23, 1946, Serial No. 698,818

1 Claim.

The object of our invention is to provide a novel combined miniature bowling game and ashtray, to provide means whereby the bowling ball cannot be lost and to provide novel means for manually operating the game.

We attain these and other objectives of our invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

We provide a miniature bowling pin l integral with or afiixed to the annular top rim 3 of the ashtray 2, members 2 and 3 being made of glass or a suitable transparent plastic material. The annular top rim 3 terminates in an annular vertical rim member 3a which seats in the annular exterior rim 4 of the base 5 which may be of other material havin a surface which carries the score board 8 on which the score may be marked and the markings erased when desired. On the integrally slanting surface 3b is mounted a strip 9 carrying the spaced numerals 9a. The annular track 6, positioned below the annular top rim 3, is provided with spaced depressions 6a which will retard the rolling movement of the miniature bowling ball I which travels in the annular chamber Ill. The depressions to tend to bring the miniature bowling ball to a stop in one of the recesses which are numbered respectively from one to 10 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings.

The miniature upright bowling pin I, enables the player to conveniently tilt the tray and roll the ball 1 around until it comes to rest in one of the numbered depressions 6a. Scoring is very similar to that in ten-pin bowling. As in ten-pin bowling, if the ball stops on the numerallO at first try, the player is awarded a strike. Each player has two chances for a spare; that is, if the ball stops on any number under 10, the second ball must stop on the number to aggregate the necessary pins to make ten and the player may also be awarded a spare" if the second roll falls on the 10-pin. If a player scores a spare after the first two tries, 10 points are added to the number of pins on the next number thrown. Likewise, if a strike is recorded, after the first try, 10 points are added to the total pins of the next two throws.

A special advantage of this improvement in the miniature bowling ball game is that the ball cannot be lost as it is completely enclosed by the glass or plastic walls 3, 3a and 3b of the ashtray.

What we claim is:

In a miniature bowling game, a transparent tray provided with a centrally located depression and a vertically disposed peripheral wall, said depression including an inclined annular wall spaced from said vertical wall and provided with spaced and varying game indicia, a horizontally disposed annular rim joining the upper extremities of said inclined and vertical walls and forming an inverted trough therebetween, a base for said tray including a vertically disposed peripheral wall surrounding the peripheral wall or the tray and provided with an annular groove frictionally engaging the lower extremity of the peripheral wall of said tray, a horizontally disposed annular track on said base positioned immediately adjacent said groove and forming a bottom closure for said inverted trough, spaced depressions in said track corresponding in number to the indicia on said inclined wall and aligned therewith and correspondingly marked, a ball movable upon said track, and a simulated bowling pin rigidly secured to said horizontally disposed rim and extending upwardly therefrom to serve as a handle whereby angular or rotative movement of said simulated bowling pin will result in chance movement of said ball between said spaced depressions.

JOHN D. NAGEL. WALTER LANG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENT Number Name Date 796,426 Howland Aug. 8, 1905 1,418,214 Sylvester May 30, 1922 2,468,684 Nagel et al. Apr. 26, 1949 

